unmediated

adjective

un·​me·​di·​at·​ed ˌən-ˈmē-dē-ˌā-təd 

: not mediated : not communicated or transformed by an intervening agency

experience unmediated by artifice

Synonyms

• direct
• firsthand
• immediate
• primary

Examples of unmediated in a Sentence

photoshopped images have made people aware that a digital photograph is not necessarily an unmediated depiction of reality

Recent Examples on the Web

These rare, unmediated exchanges between everyday Chinese and Americans appeared to reflect the simple pleasures inherent to internet culture—cute kids, cats, and comedy. —Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made By History, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025

That close and unmediated relationship between performers and listeners has been fundamental to music since a cave dweller first tapped two rocks together and a companion howled along. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024

Positioned between ocean and estuary, the property offers guests unmediated access to the same tidal dynamics that obsessed Woodbury, and the ever-shifting interplay of land, sea, and sky. —Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

Shane’s writing has an exposing, unmediated style—the kind that’s formed on the Internet, where insight is reaped from the everyday. —Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unmediated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated